The Florida Department of Transportation said the stretch from Blanding Boulevard to U.S. 17 will help alleviate daily congestion on major roadways, including Blanding Boulevard, U.S. 17, State Road 16, County Road 220, Henley Road, Sandridge Road, Russell Road and County Road 218.

The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners recently announced the approval of about $25 million in road upgrades for State Road 16.

A 96-year-old passenger in a pickup truck died, and others were injured in a St. Johns County crash on Thursday morning.

A 35-year-old woman was killed Friday night in a car crashed on State Road 16 according to Florida Highway Patrol.

New bodycam footage shows a deputy with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office providing life-saving measures on a woman.

St. Johns County Fire and Rescue’s new blood transfusion team was put to the test by providing critical care to a patient involved in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of State Road 16 and County Road 16A in World Golf Village on Tuesday.

One person was airlifted to a hospital Wednesday morning following a crash involving a car and a motorcycle near State Road 16 in World Golf Village, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

SJCFR units are responding to a fatal car accident on I-95 between State Road 16 and International Golf Parkway.

The organizer of the Strawberry Festival in Clay County responded Monday to backlash over the weekend regarding traffic issues at the event.

Traffic congestion marred the Strawberry Festival in Clay County, causing significant delays for attendees. The event, which was held at the Clay County Fairgrounds on State Road 16, saw cars backed up for hours, frustrating many festival-goers and even leading Sheriff Michelle Cook to call it “unacceptable.”

Mill Creek Park on State Road 16 in St. Augustine cost more than $12 million to build and is the county’s first new park in more than a decade.

The focus is 2030, which is the projected year when all of the construction is expected to be done.

An employee at a St. Augustine plant died Monday in a work-related accident, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.

A prescribed burn will occur on Wednesday off State Road 16 and west of State Road 21 in Clay County, the Florida Highway Patrol warned.

A man died after his pickup truck crashed into a ditch on State Road 16 in St. Johns County Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

All lanes of Interstate 95 Northbound at State Road 16 in St. Johns County were closed for hours Monday afternoon after a box truck overturned.

A St. Augustine woman died after a car crash in a St. Johns County roundabout Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The motion also includes plans to build a new Regional Fire Training Facility and a new tri-county Medical Examiner’s Office, as well as expanding the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office headquarters.

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a possible kidnapping suspect who fled on foot after a vehicle pursuit on State Road 16 in St. Augustine.

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office arrested a possible kidnapping suspect who fled on foot after a vehicle pursuit on State Road 16 in St. Augustine.

A Flagler County Sheriff's Office motorcycle deputy was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a crash on I-95 southbound in St. Johns County.

Two people died in a head-on crash Saturday morning on State Road 16, east of San Giacomo Road, in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A pedestrian was killed after running into traffic on Friday night in St. Johns County.

An 84-year-old man was killed in Clay County after a crash that closed down the Shands Bridge on Monday afternoon.

Two southbound lanes of I-95 near State Road 15 in St. Johns County are closed due to a crash involving a boat Saturday morning.

The Clay County Board of County Commissioners is asking the community to vote on potential names for the entry road of the new Clay County Regional Sports Complex.

St. Johns County will hold a community meeting Wednesday to discuss a new affordable housing development along State Road 16.

The Department of Health in Clay County will be offering immunization services from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday, from Thursday through Aug. 17 at the Clay County Fairgrounds.

A man walking on I-95 southbound was hit by a semi near State Road 16 just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A massive plot of land, not far from State Road 16 in Clay County, looks like 250 miles of possibility. The construction has only just started, but the site will be home to the county’s new multi-regional sports complex.

With the Clay County Fair being back in town, the concern about traffic on State Road 16, which is the only road to get in and out of the fair, has also returned as fair-goers make their way to the fun.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue on Friday night responded to a crash involving a semitruck and train near the intersection of State Road 16 and U.S. 1.

Our pattern is turning drier and the heat will be increasing over the next two days.

A 38-year-old woman was killed Friday morning in a crash with a semi on State Road 16 in Bradford County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Florida Department of Health is hosting a free vaccine drive at the Clay County fairgrounds starting Monday.

At least one person died in a crash Saturday evening in Clay County near Camp Blanding, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A pilot on Thursday afternoon had to make a landing on State Road 16 near State Road 21, according to Clay County Fire Rescue.

A motorcyclist is dead after hitting a pole around 2 a.m. Wednesday on State Road 16 and Jardine Avenue in St. Augustine, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Department of Corrections vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning outside Union Correctional Institution, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

State Road 16 will stay narrow. DOT said the public will need to contact county and state leaders if they want to see any widening of this road.

Ahead of the fifth day of the Clay County Agricultural Fair, officials from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Clay County Department of Public Safety addressed a litany of challenges faced in the first four, including traffic back-ups, parking lot flooding, unruly guests and preventable health emergencies.

Some viewers tell News4JAX that they waited up to three hours to get to the Clay County Fair on Sunday.

There are new places to shop in St. Johns County.

A crash Friday blocked northbound Interstate 95 just north of State Road 16 in St. Johns County, authorities said.

A crash on the Buckman Bridge caused slowdowns for drivers Thursday evening.

A 58-year-old man from Keystone Heights has died after a truck ran a red light on Blanding Boulevard at State Road 16.

Two drivers -- one 70 years old and the other 20 -- were arrested Thursday and charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter resulting from a crash in St. Johns County last May that killed three people.

The FHP is investigating a crash early Monday morning on I-95 southbound between State Road 16 and County Road 207 snarled interstate traffic for more than five hours.

A pedestrian was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

If you went to the Clay County Agricultural Fair this weekend, you probably got caught in traffic jams on State Road 16, which is the only road in or out of the fair.

Now that the Clay County Agricultural Fair is underway, there’s a traffic alert for drivers traveling on State Road 16, the two-lane road that feeds into the fairgrounds.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Johns County Sheriff’s Deputy is going to be OK and suffered no major injuries after she was hit by a car Tuesday night. The Florida Highway Patrol crash report shows the deputy was directing traffic around a crash on State Road 16 at Woodlawn Road when she was hit. According to FHP, a 32-year-old Jacksonville man hit the deputy with the passenger side of his vehicle while turning onto Woodlawn Road. The deputy was not transported to the hospital. News4Jax requested the full crash report.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County officials have proposed a plan to commercialize part of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Cemetery’s land. St. Johns County officials submitted an application to rezone 12.34 acres of the cemetery land to make room for 54,000 square feet of commercial buildings. Terry Pacetti, who’s from the same family that Pacetti Road near the church is named after, says he’s not happy about the proposal. “The idea of commercial development appalls me.”Pacetti says he’d like to see the cemetery continue to grow as more Catholics move to the area. News4Jax reached out to county officials to talk about the plan but had not heard back as of Monday evening.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 63-year-old Georgia woman died Tuesday in a crash on I-95 just south of State Road 16, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the woman was traveling southbound on the interstate when her SUV was struck from behind by a semitruck. The woman was taken to a hospital in St. Augustine, where she died, the FHP said. The driver of the semi, a 46-year-old Jacksonville man, was hospitalized with injuries that were described as minor. The Highway Patrol is working to track down witnesses of the crash.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A family is in shock and mourning after Brienne Lemay was killed on I-95 north of State Road 16 late Monday night. The front of the semi, troopers said, hit the motorcycle and Lemay died at the scene. Lemay’s family said they need to see more evidence before they believe Lemay was at fault in the crash. Brian Chandler, Lemay’s eldest brother, said his sister is a beloved veterinary surgeon and pilot with a clean driving record. She was a veterinary surgeon with FCNMHP Her brother Brian said she is beloved and will be dearly missed.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 17-year-old Clay County boy was killed Friday night in a head-on crash on State Road 16 at Francis Road in St. Johns County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Middleburg teen was a passenger in a car driven by a 16-year-old boy, also from Middleburg, the FHP report showed. According to the crash report, the 16-year-old driving on State Road 16 about 8:15 p.m. Friday ignored the right of way of a pickup truck at the intersection with Francis Road. The resulting head-on crash killed the 17-year-old passenger of the car and seriously injured the 16-year-old driver. All lanes of SR-16 between I-95 and Pacetti Road were blocked in both directions while troopers investigated the crash.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Two people have died after they were shot Tuesday night in the parking lot of a St. Augustine condo complex, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. Both victims -- a young man and young woman -- were taken to local hospitals in critical condition and later died, St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Chuck Mulligan said. Less than an hour after the shooting, deputies said, the suspected shooter who ran from the scene was found in a retention pond about a mile away near Scheidel Way and North St. Johns Street. Wilson, a former standout football player at St. Augustine High School who had a drug arrest last year, was booked into the St. Johns County jail just before 4 a.m. Wednesday and is being held without bond on a felony homicide and a felony weapons charge. A command center was set up to search for evidence after a deadly double shooting in St. Augustine.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. A 44-year-old man is dead after a wrong-way crash involving five vehicles Friday in Clay County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the man was driving a car that was heading west in an eastbound lane of State Road 16. FHP said the car struck an SUV, spun out of control and struck two pickup trucks. A fifth vehicle was struck by debris. The driver of the wrong-way car, who lived in Orange Park, was not identified by troopers.

A 3-year-old girl died two weeks ago after she was found unresponsive in her familys swimming pool, according to the Florida Department of Children and Families. Clay County deputies said the child was pulled from an above-ground pool at a home off State Road 16 west of Penny Farms. This was the third child drowning in Northeast Florida this year. A 2-year-old child drowned in an above-ground pool in Nassau County in June and a 5-year-old was found face down in a bathtub in Alachua County in January. Florida loses more children under the age of 5 to drowning than any other state in the nation.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. A young woman died after being struck by a tow truck on State Road 16 in St. Johns County late last night, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say the tow truck was traveling eastbound, just west of Collins Avenue when the crash happened. FHP reports the 18-year-old woman was tending to an animal on the road when she was hit. She died at the scene. No charges are pending.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Hours after a pileup involving two tractor-trailers and a pickup truck pulling a trailer, Interstate 95 at State Road 16 has fully reopened. The northbound lanes were blocked from County Road 207 to State Road 16 from before dawn until almost noon after the crash and a resulting 100-gallon diesel fuel spill, causing a massive traffic backup in St. Johns County through rush hour and beyond. Then materials cleaned up from the wreck caught on fire, causing the highway to close again for another 45 minutes. According to the FHP report, a big rig rear-ended a slow-moving big rig in front of it just about 5:30 a.m. Then a pickup truck struck the rear of the second trailerWith six miles of I-95 closed for more than six hours, St. Johns County deputies diverted I-95 northbound traffic onto C.R. Once the wreck cleared, truckloads of sand were trucked onto and spread on the area affected by the fuel spill.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - Before the sun rose over Green Cove Springs on Tuesday morning, a Clay High School student was hit by a car as they walked across State Road 16 to school. Students and parents said the student is OK, but the incident drew strong reactions from parents who said recent changes at the school may affect student safety. Roberts said last year, there was a resource officer who stopped traffic on State Road 16 when the buses exited the school. The Sheriff's Office said before a new school safety law and a new police force took over as school resource officers, a Clay County deputy handled traffic control in front of the schools. Before the Stoneman Douglas Act, the Clay High deputy would observe traffic control from the front of the school using his patrol vehicle's emergency lights.

Before the sun rose over Green Cove Springs on Tuesday morning, a Clay High School student was hit by a car as they walked across State Road 16 to school. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. - A 36-year-old driver was killed Monday evening in a crash on State Road 16 at Sunset Avenue in Clay County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Jeep Wrangler headed west on State Road 16 crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a Mazda Protege being driven by Joshua Broadway, of Palatka. Broadway was taken to Orange Park Medical Center with critical injuries and died at the hospital. The 47-year-old driver of the Jeep was not hurt, and charges are pending. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash in Clay County on State Road 16 at Blanding Boulevard just after 5 a.m. Saturday. According to FHP, the driver of a Dodge Stratus attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Blanding Boulevard when a pickup truck slammed into it. The driver and passenger in the Dodge were both killed in the crash. The driver of the pickup truck suffered minor injuries. All lanes of State Road 16 are still blocked off in the area as FHP investigates.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - Florida Highway Patrol responded to a crash in Clay County on State Road 16 at Blanding Boulevard just after 5 a.m. Saturday. At least one person was killed in the crash. All lanes of State Road 16 were blocked off in the area as FHP investigates. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – A precautionary boil water notice issued for parts of Green Cove Springs after a contractor damaged a city water main has been canceled. The water main was at the intersection of U.S. 17 and State Road 16, city officials said. The notice applied to water customers at:Speedway and Cove Plaza at the corner of U.S. 17 and SR 16Elks Lodge, Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Day Care4630 County Road 209 South Rolling DieThe water had to be shut off while repairs were made to the water main, and after water flow was restored, samples had to come back clear of bacteria before officials could lift the boil water notice. The notice went into effect at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and was lifted Friday. City water is safe to drink, officials said.

UNION COUNTY, Fla. – An elderly pilot made an emergency landing on State Road 16 at the Bradford-Union county line on Monday afternoon, according to the Union County Sheriff's Office. They said the pilot told them the plane was running out of gas. Channel 4 was told Momberg put the 1946 Ercoupe 415C down on State Road 16, not far from Florida State Prison. The plane was moved by authorities to an area away from the road. It was uncertain if the plane would be refueled or put on a wrecker and hauled away.